October 2022

‘This meal is for everyone’

The 38th Annual Community Thanksgiving Feast is less than a month away, and there is just one category of folks who are invited: “This meal is for everyone,” said Ron Keener, pastor of North Lake Community Church, which is partnering with Howard Payne University to host the meal. “I was asked this question last year: who can come? Is it a certain crowd? It is for everyone.

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Brother’s angry outbursts hit at home and at work

DEAR ABBY: I have a brother I can’t seem to get along with anymore. Sometimes he’s OK, but most of the time he’s not. I visited him recently for a cookout, and it wasn’t good. He got into an argument with his wife, shattered a glass, tried to fight me out of the blue, and talked about extremist topics -- all in front of his young, impressionable kids. I worry about his three boys and want to have a serious talk with him about getting some therapy.

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Rested Jackets face ASC gauntlet

Time will tell, Howard Payne head football coach Jason Bachtel said, if last week’s open date ahead of playing two nationally ranked American Southwest Conference opponents, was good or bad. The Yellow Jackets, still undefeated in ASC games at 5-0, play the once-beaten and No.

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